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[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

would it not be enabled by putting it on the end of a long stick?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At that point, just have spray paint on a stick. Or better, just a long paint roller.

[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 4 points 12 hours ago

Not all surveilance is optical. It might just be listening for your BLE chirps or other 2.4ghz traffic from your devices

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can imagine a stick and just walking post to post touching each one while wearing a hi-viz with PG&E printed on it.

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

If you can rig it to the top of a vehicle, you can get them faster maybe.